Home Instead

Home Instead is a home care agency based in Ramsgate, in the Kent council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It Our office provides care for people at home in the following areas: Margate, Ramsgate, Broadstairs, Cliftonville, Birchington, Westgate-on-Sea, Dumpton, Garlinge, Minster, Newington, East Cliff, Minnis Bay, West Cliff, Kingsgate, Westwood, Chilton, Monkton, Nethercourt, Haine, Manston, Northwood, Acol, Sarre, Lydden, Westbrook, Way, Hoo, Upton, Whitehall, Bromstone, Northdown, Millmead, St. Lawrence, St. Peter's, Cliffsend, Pegwell, St Nicholas-at-Wade, Ebbsfleet, Potten Street, Fleete. If your town doesn’t appear above please check the postcodes below to see if we cover your area: CT10 3, CT8 8, CT12 5, CT11 0, CT11 8, CT10 2, CT7 9, CT9 2, CT9 3, CT9 5, CT9 4, CT12 4, CT12 6, CT9 1, CT7 0, CT10 1, CT11 7, CT11 9. It is registered to care for older people and people living with dementia. Its website lists hourly visits, live-in care, respite care, same-day start and end of life care. The agency has been registered since July 2014.

At its latest inspection, published August 2019, the CQC rated Home Instead Good, which means the CQC found the service performing well and meeting its expectations. Ratings can change after a new inspection, so read the CQC report before you decide.

Home Instead charges £1,350 to £2,000 a week for live-in care, a figure published on the agency's own website in September 2026. Live-in care is £1,350 to £2,000 a week.

On how it works, the agency says: employs its carers, carers drive, 20 years operating, home instead and charges for travel. Details like these come from the agency's own website and change, so confirm them when you call.

There are 383 registered home care agencies in Kent. Others working the same area include Newington Free Church, City and County Healthcare Group Ramsgate and Avelo Care, 1 of which has a rate on record. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care typically about £1,120 a week across England.